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HAT 0R GAP. No. 282.441. Patented July 31, 1883.

Win/55555. AEEUMLTYLL ALBERT C. COUCH, OF BOSTON, MASSQ,

,PATENT OFFICE.

nssrenon, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO THE MIOA TIP AND LINING COMPANY,, OF SAME PLACE.

'HATYQR CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming m of Letters Patent No. 282,441, dated July 31,1883.

Application filed April 6, 1883. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT G. COUCH, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hats andOaps, of

'which the following is a full, clear, and exact any of the usualmanners, and of any of the usual I or desired styles and shapes, andotherwise, ex

' cept as to this invention, as ordinary. The inside of the crown B isprovided with asuitable design or figure, a, or other character toindicate either the style of the hat, its character, or its manufacture,or for ornamentation or name-as for instance, A. G. Couch, with theornamentation shown,and over thisis secured alayer or sheet, G, of mica,by paste or cement, or any suitable adhesive material, or by stitches,or in any suitable manner, so that said name and ornamentation may beseen, while at the same time it is protected against being soiled,

and is rendered glossy in appearance, and the -mica, when soiled, can bereadily cleansed without injury to said label and ornamenta,

tion. The design or other ornamentation can be printed, &c., directly onthe inside of the crown of the hat itself, or on any separate suitablematerial to be secured to the hat with the mica, as described, and whenprinted on such separate material it can be secured to the mica sheet inany suitable manner by paste, &c., or by binding the two together bycloth, metal, or any suitable material. as shown at b in Fig. 3, whichis a detail cross-section of such, and then the whole secured to the hatin any suitable manner. The mica can be of any size extending beyond thedesign, if desired.

I am aware that it is old to protect the lin- 5o ing of a hat or cap bya coating of transparent material, and such I do not broadlyclaim as myinvention. 4

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

A hat or cap or other headcovering having the interior of its crownprovided with a design or other ornamentation, and a sheet of micacovering and protecting the same, substantially as and for the purposespecif ed.

In testimony whereof I have hereiinto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses. v

. ALBERT O. COUCH. XVitncsses:

EDWIN W. BROWN,

WM. S. BnLLows.

